Development Red Flags

Question 1

What are the red flags of development?

Answer 1

Loss of skills

Asymmetry of movement

Not reaching for objects by 6 months

Can’t sit unsupported by 12 months

Can’t walk by 18 months (boys) or 2 years (girls)

No social smile by 8 weeks

Any visual/hearing concerns

Question 2

What might asymmetric movement in a child suggest?

Answer 2

Neuromuscular disorder

Question 3

What is the upper limit for reaching for objects?

Answer 3

6 months

Question 4

What is the upper limit for sitting unsupported?

Answer 4

12 months (should be sitting well at 9 months)

Question 5

What is the upper limit for walking in boys and in girls?

Answer 5

18 months - boys

2 years - girls

Question 6

What should be done in a child who has passed the upper limit for walking and why?

Answer 6

Check CK

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy raises CK

(girl’s who are carriers of gene will have delay in walking)

Question 7

What is the upper limit for speech?

Answer 7

18 months

Question 8

What is the upper limit for social smile?

Answer 8

8 weeks